NEW CARLISLE - Chad Hultgren, 15, died Saturday in New Carlisle. The St. Joseph County coroner has ruled the death a suicide. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Sandy and Ron Colpitta, his father, Al Hutlgren of Rolling Prairie; and a brother, Tony of New Carlisle. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in New Carlisle Wesleyan Church, where friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Kaniewski Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

SOUTH BEND -- Chad Hudnall says that perhaps at one time he took Clay High School and the people there for granted. That's not the case any longer. "Now I don't know what I would do without them," he says. While the Clay alumnus, teacher and coach has been battling bone cancer, his colleagues at the high school as well as friends and family have been supporting him in various ways. Next up is the Hudnall Bash to take place Saturday at MR Falcons, 3212 Keller St., South Bend.

Good luck, too, to Chad Kilmer who is leaving the South Bend Parks and Recreation Department as director of golf. Overseeing the operations of three public golf courses -- Elbel, Erskine and Studebaker -- is not easy, but Kilmer did it competently and professionally. South Bend is lucky to have such beautiful public golf courses that charge affordable fees for golfers. And the city was lucky to have Kilmer and his staff operate them so well.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Hundreds of rebels charged into Chad's capital aboard pickup trucks Saturday, clashing with government troops around the presidential palace in an attempt to oust President Idriss Deby. The rebels claimed to gain strength from defecting soldiers in the oil-rich Central African nation. Libya's official news agency JANA, a mouthpiece for the government, reported that Chadian rebel leader Mahamat Nouri agreed to a cease-fire Saturday night after speaking to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was appointed by the African Union to mediate in the crisis.

N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Chad's president declared himself in control of the country Wednesday, even while acknowledging that three-fourths of his government had disappeared since rebels attacked the capital. For the first time since the assault began, more people were crossing bridges toward N'Djamena than away -- apparently heeding a government call to return. Government forces pushed rebels out of the capital after weekend battles that left hundreds dead and sent thousands fleeing. President Idriss Deby wore a military uniform as he received reporters in the presidential palace to make his first public comments since the coup attempt.

N'DJAMENA, CHAD (AP) -- Chadian rebels renewed their assault on the capital of this oil-rich central African country Monday, and tens of thousands of people fled as gunfire crackled and artillery shells exploded across the city. The third day of fighting in N'Djamena threatened to further destabilize an already violent swath of Africa that is home to hundreds of thousands of refugees and borders Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region. Hours after the rebels went back on the attack following an overnight retreat, the U.N. Security Council authorized France and other nations to help Chad's government.

N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Hundreds of civilians have died in fierce fighting between rebels and government forces in Chad's capital, Red Cross officials said Tuesday, as the insurgents agreed to a cease-fire and their momentum faded. Former colonial power France threatened to enter the fight to support the government. Chad's government told the French military it still was fighting rebels using "air power" outside of N'Djamena, the capital, according to French military spokesman Cmdr. Christophe Prazuck.